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Public Notification <br />- Completed in accordance with Section 2.3.6 of the UDO <br />- Newspaper legal ads for 2 successive weeks <br />- Mailed notices to affected property owners <br />- Mailed notices to property owners within 500 feet of affected properties <br />- Posted signs in amendment areas <br />Recommendation <br />- Receive the proposed amendmerrts <br />- Conduct the Public Hearing and accept public,. BOCC, and Planning Board comment <br />- Refer the matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to <br />the Board- of County Commissioners in time for the February 7, 2012 BOCC regular meeting <br />- Adjourn the public hearing until February 7, 201 in order to receive and accept the Planning <br />Board's recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that when the County did the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan, there was <br />discussion about downtown Efland. He said that this will have a significant impact on downtown Efland. <br />Tom Altieri said that this would create the potential to rezoning to higher density residential uses. <br />Commissioner Jacobs said that there was a lot of conversation in that group about trying to get ahead of <br />the way a single development could totally and forever transform the character of Efland if there was not <br />a plan. He would like to raise the issue that this is a risk. The residents are concerned that the character <br />of Efland will be affected. . <br />Perdita Holtz said that the Efland-Mebane Small Area Plan Implementation Focus Group convened and <br />it started working on design guidelines for the core of Efland. Because of the UDO staffing changes, <br />they had to stop working on that. There are plans to have design guidelines on the May Quarterly Public <br />Hearing. It is not a forgotten project and it is on the front burner. <br />Pete Hollenbeck said that this property is adjacent to his and he has no economic involvement. <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner McKee to refer the <br />matter to the Planning Board with a request that a recommendation be returned to the Board of County <br />Commissioners in time for the February 7, 2012 BOCC regular meeting. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />A motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger, seconded by Commissioner McKee to adjourn the <br />public hearing until February 7, 2012 in order to receive and accept the Planning Board's <br />recommendation and any submitted written comments. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />